Christmas Morning!

Melanie avoided the topic of Santa before bed on Christmas Eve.  Her thought was, "Christmas is tomorrow, that's when Santa is coming."  She had helped bake the cake for Jesus' birthday to leave for Santa, but wouldn't help me leave it out (along with the carrots requested for the reindeer).  So she was pretty surprised to wake up on Tuesday morning to all of the presents.  We started the day just the four of us at the house, and had several "phases" of Christmas throughout the day.  Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa came, he saw, he left some loot

Delayed gratification present - Going to Disney on Ice in late January

Daddy reading Melanie the letter that Santa left for her

This was a very "Toy Story" Christmas for Joey.

Melanie eventually decided to trade her Razor scooter in for a "safer" model

Each year, Joey gets a little overwhelmed by all of the Christmas activities....This year he fell asleep in the middle of them, with an unopened gift still waiting.

After all the toys were opened, the kids were found playing with the existing iPad and iPhone